Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
LIBRATES
Noun
librates
plural of librate
Verb
librates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of librate
Anagrams
• Libertas, abristle, altbiers, balister, tabliers
Source: Wiktionary
LIBRATE
Li"brate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Librated p. pr. & & vb. n. Librating.] Etym: [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra.Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium.]
Definition: To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. Their parts all liberate on too nice a beam. Clifton.
Li"brate, v. i.
Definition: To poise; to balance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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